Roof gutter



H. L.. LAME April 13, 1954 ROOF GUTTER Filed Oct. 24, 1950 Hmmm L. mm

IN VEN TOR.

Patented Apr. 13, 1954 UNITED STATES ipi'ENT OFFICE ROOF GUTTER Howard L. Lake, Springfield, Mo.

Application October 24, 1950, Serial No. 191,887

2 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in roof gutters and the primary object of the present invention is to provide a covered roof gutter that is so constructed as to prevent the same from becoming clogged with debris, such as twigs or leaves that fall on roofs and roll to the gutter.

Another important object of the present invention is to provide a roof gutter including a rigid and corrugated cover that will divide, slowdown and guide water to a channel in the cover and which cover will also aid in permitting debris and ice to pass over the gutter.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a roof gutter including a trough covered by a wall having a plurality of spaced parallel corrugated ridges and openings in the wall between adjacent ridges, with the ridges and corrugations functioning as dividers, arresters and guides for debris passing onto the wall from a roof.

A still further aim of the present invention is to provide a roof gutter that is simple and practical in construction, strong and reliable in use7 neat and attractive in appearance, inexpensive to manufacture, and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout. and in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary top plan view of the present invention mounted on a roof Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken substantially on the plane of section line 2-2 of Figure l; and

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially on the plane of section line 33 of Figure 2.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, wherein for the purpose of illustration. there is disclosed a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the numeral I represents a trough including an inner vertical wall l2 and an outer vertical wall Ill that is bent to form an attractive facing.

The inner vertical wall I2 is provided with a vertically inclined flange I6 that is mounted on a roof I8 beneath shingles 20. A cover or upper Wall 22 is integrally formed with the wall I4 and overlies the trough IIJ. The wall I4 is provided with an extension 24 that overlies the flange i6 and which is secured against the roof I8 and under the shingles 20.

The wall 22 is transversely corrugated to provide spaced parallel ridges or substantially V- shaped ribs 2t whose walls are transversely iluted, corrugated or roughened. The hollows between adjacent ridges 2S are provided with openings or slots 28.

The wall 22 slopes downwardly from the wall I2 toward the wall I4 and the lower ends of the ridges 26 terminate adjacent a longitudinal channel 30 in the wall 22 adjacent the juncture of the wall 22 with the wall I4. The juncture of wall 22 with the wall I4 is indicated by 3l and. is coplanar with the high points of the ridges 26.

In practical use of the present invention, the corrugated ridges 25 will divide, slow down and guide debris, ice, snow, water and the like passing from the roof onto the cover as the debris, ice snow, water and the like moves toward the channel 30, with the juncture 3I restricting the passage of water from the wall 22 or channel 30.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding oi the construction, operation and advantages of the device will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention the saine is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A roof gutter comprising an elongated trough including an outer wall, an elongated corrugated wall integrally formed with said outer wall and extending completely over said trough, said corrugated wall having a longitudinal chan.- nel therein at its juncture with said outer wall. said corrugated wall including a plurality of spaced parallel ridges and hollows, said hollows having slots therein paralleling the ridges, said ridges being fluted and said liutes extending toward said slots. said ridges terminating short oi said channel.

2. A cover for gutters, said. cover comprising an elongated cover plate having alternate ridges and hollows that extend transversely of the cover plate, said plate having transverse slots in said hollows, said ridges being inverted substantially V-shaped in cross section, the walls of said ridges being transversely uted, and a drainage channel in the plate extending longitudinally of the plate and across all of said ridges at one end thereof.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 546,042 Van Horn Sept. 10, 1895 960,835 Daniels June 7, 1910 2,132,102 Elmenthaler Got. 4, 1938 2,175,138 Westlake Oct. 3, 1939 2,365,845 Schweda Dec. 26, 1944 2,583,422 Haddon Jan. 22, 1952 

